The Greenwood Cemetery Chapel and Crematory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A man drowned in the Rock River and his body was buried on a plot which is now near the intersection of Cedar and Winnebago Streets.

[1] In 1852, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad connected to Rockford and needed to use the lands of the West Side Cemetery.

The land was selected because it was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the business district and thus safe from another forced relocation.

[1] In 1887, the cemetery decided to build a chapel to provide shelter for services during inclement weather.